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Porecatu Airport (ICAO: SSPK) is the airport serving Porecatu, Brazil.
Porecatu Airport Aeroporto de Porecatu | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Porecatu | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 434 m / 1,424 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°46′44″S 051°21′41″W | ||||||||||
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  SSPK Location in Brazil  SSPK SSPK (Brazil) | |||||||||||
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No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
- 18 August 2000: a VASP Boeing 737-2A1 registration PP-SMG en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba was hijacked by 5 persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million at that time) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at Porecatu, where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.[2][3]
The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Porecatu.
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